Sunday, April 20, 2025

"a U.S. department of agriculture grant revocation disrupted a historically black neighborhood’s plan to expand its program growing fresh produce in a food desert...."

By Prince George's County Ex-Pat
sunday, april 20, 2025 at 09:37:28 p.m. edt

"a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant revocation disrupted a historically Black neighborhood's plan to expand its program growing fresh produce in a food desert. A nearby pantry reduced its monthly grocery allotment for those in need after federal cuts l"

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/20/midwestern-city-federal-hub-doges-cuts/

blacks need Whitey's money for gardening?

As for "food deserts," how do you explain southeast Washington, D.C.?

https://www.bing.com/search?FORM=U523DF&PC=U523&q=Shoplifting+at+Giant+Food+Store+in+Southeast+Washington%2C+D.C.&PC=U316&FORM=CHROMN


"shoplifting at giant food store in southeast Washington, D.C. - bing


www.bing.com

blacks create "food deserts."

I know this as my paternal grandparents lived on Raleigh Street in Southeast D. C.

And my late mother used to shop occasionally at the old Jumbo Food Store in Southeast D.C.

https://foodtradenews.com/2012/07/11/shoppersjumbo-founder-kenneth-herman-dies-92/

One of the Washington area's retailing pioneers, Kenneth Herman, co-founder of Jumbo Food Stores and later Shoppers Food Warehouse, passed away on June 21 after a long illness.
foodtradenews.com
There were zero "food deserts" in D.C. decades ago.

I mean, no one is axin' about "food deserts" in amish country.



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